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08-09-11, 02:50 AM

Enjoying the high water summer and cool weather in Bozeman. Have put a thousand miles on the truck just driving around a 4 county area. Fished a bunch of different water and its all good right now. My lab just turned 10 and she thinks she has gone to heaven - fishing, hiking, swimming, boating every day. If you have any inkling at all to go west - get out here this year!! Crane flies will be hatching any day. A few pictures to share:

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Nice JP........we fished the meadow section about two weeks ago, beautiful area. Thanks for the pic - it "put" me back there for a moment

Hey Jim - here is a little more to "take you back there". Listen to the bird call we were trying to figure out. After some research, I think (but am not sure) it was from a Sandhill Crane. Do you know?

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Yep JP - sounds like the Sandhill....actually most of the animal sounds we heard came from the "Bovine family" - didn't see them in your video, but there where about 50 - 60 head grazzing around in the meadows and crossing back and forth across the river while we fished.

Had a nice brown trout rise to a dry and eat standing right about where your Lab was sitting....thanks for the video - definitely helped 'relive' the moment. Cool.

By the way, we did see a small black bear chasing deer just north of the TH driving out on the FS road...........didn't come across any bears in the meadows or on hike in/out as we sort of expected. The higher elevation still held some snow pack so we expected bears to be down low.

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DEFINITELY Sandhill Crane. Until development gobbled it up about five years ago, had a field behind my house that hosted a large flock (300-400) sandies everyday during the winter. You could set your clock by their morning arrival: 7:30 sharp!